TV series
Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to accommodation, they live in a shared, off-campus house in Whalley Range rather than the halls of residence.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to accommodation, they live in a shared, off-campus house in Whalley Range rather than the halls of residence.
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Episode 1
Howard and JP try to coax some female freshers to join their dry-slope skiing society, while Vod's summer fling turns up unexpectedly. And the gang go to visit Josie in Southampton where she's now studying. But her traffic-light party creates a few problems for Kingsley.
Directed by Gordon AndersonWritten by Jesse Armstrong, Sam BainGuest stars Sophie Wu, Hannah Britland, Peter Gadiot, Jacob Denton, David Edwards, Alexa Morden, Simon Nock
Episode 2
Vod comes up with a plan to get rid of her holiday romance. Howard likes a girl but JP thinks she's out of his league, so he tries to poach her in order to restore the natural order of things.
Directed by Gordon AndersonWritten by Tony Roche, D.C. JacksonGuest stars Jelka van Houten, Sophie Wu, Hannah Britland, Peter Gadiot, Oliver Lee, Gus Brown, Wendy Meredith, Emily-Jane Jones
Episode 3
Realising how serious Javier has become since their wedding, Vod tries to dump him, but it's not that simple...
Directed by Gordon AndersonWritten by Tom Basden, Jessica Ashworth, Henrietta AshworthGuest stars Tony Gardner, Hannah Britland, Peter Gadiot, Luke Brady
Episode 4
Having been rejected by Sam for cheating in the quiz, JP makes it his mission to win her back.
Directed by Gordon AndersonWritten by Tom BasdenGuest stars Hannah Britland, Luke Brady, Jessica Bell, Deborah Brian, Tim Steed, Bibi Nerheim, Turlough Convery, Carla Harrison-Hodge
Episode 5
Vod announces that her mum is coming to stay and, when she arrives, she is not what anybody expected.
Directed by Jamie Jay JohnsonWritten by Penelope SkinnerGuest stars Tony Gardner, Jack Fox, Juliet Cowan, Marvin Brown, Jon Adamson
Episode 6
The housemates get radical as they participate in a university sit-in which Oregon has organized to demonstrate against the forced deportation of a hot Tunisian guy.
Directed by Jamie Jay JohnsonWritten by Jon BrownGuest stars Jelka van Houten, Hannah Britland, Catherine Steadman, Susan Calman, Abhin Galeya, Neil Hurst, Rob Law, Stephanie Bishop
Episode 7
Word gets out that it's Howard's birthday, and Candice insists they throw him a party. Unfortunately, not everyone sees the gathering in quite the same terms.
Directed by Jamie Jay JohnsonWritten by Tony RocheGuest stars Jelka van Houten, Sophie Wu, Hannah Britland, Catherine Steadman, Regé-Jean Page, Ned Derrington, Tiernan Douieb, Mary Joanna Coogan
Episode 8
Following last week's party some relationships and friendships are on the rocks. Oregon battles it out against Vod in the Student Union elections. Josie and Kingsley reach an unusual arrangement to overcome their relationship issues. Howard realises that it's now or never with Candice.
Directed by Jamie Jay JohnsonWritten by Tony RocheGuest stars Hannah Britland, Jack Fox, Catherine Steadman, Regé-Jean Page, Ned Derrington, Nicholas Deacon, Fisayo Akinade, Laura Elsworthy
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Zawe AshtonViolet 'Vod' Nordstrom
Charlotte RitchieMelissa 'Oregon' Shawcross
Kimberley NixonJosephine 'Josie' Jones
Joe ThomasKingsley Owen
Jack WhitehallJonathan 'JP' Pembersley
Greg McHughHoward McGregor
Jelka van HoutenSabine
Sophie WuHeather
Channel 4United Kingdom
Objective Media GroupUnited Kingdom
Lime PicturesUnited Kingdom
